Front Yard Cleanup and 60-Ft Railroad Tie Retaining Wall Build

This property had good bones - nice home, mature trees, established plantings - but the beds had gotten away from it. Overgrown shrubs crowding the siding, no clean edge between the lawn and beds, and a gravel area out back with nothing holding it in place. It needed structure just as much as it needed a cleanup.

We put a full crew on it. The front beds got a complete pruning - shrubs shaped back, overgrowth pulled off the siding, and everything cleaned up so the stone foundation and porch details could actually be seen again. Fresh mulch went down across all the front beds to lock in moisture and give everything a finished look. The edging brought that hard, clean line between the lawn and the beds that makes the whole front of the house read sharp.

Out back, we installed a 60-foot retaining wall using railroad ties. That wall does real work - it defines the gravel area, stops erosion, and separates usable space from the surrounding lawn. Railroad ties are a solid choice for this kind of application. They're heavy, they hold grade well, and they last. You can see the corner detail where we tied the pieces together cleanly at the turn.

What we ended up with is a property that looks intentional from every angle. The crew shot the whole front with levels and rakes to make sure everything was even and consistent. That wide-angle shot of the finished front says it all - tight lawn, shaped shrubs lined up along the foundation, clean beds. It's the kind of yard that makes people slow down when they drive past.

This is the kind of work our landscaping and yard restoration crews do every week. Whether it's a front bed refresh, a full pruning job, or a structural build like a retaining wall - we handle it start to finish.